Best Lakes/Rivers to Visit

(malibupilot) · (malibupilot) **Join Date: Nov 2005** 10-05-2009, 3:04 PM

Hoping you all can help with some suggestions.
My family is looking for our next destination to stay on or near a lake/river for a summer vacation. We are hoping to eventually find a place that we like enough to buy a modest home there as a summer/rental/retirement home.

Preferably within 1000 miles from SoCal.

We have been to Shasta, Powell, Mead, Nacimiento, Havasu, Colorado River and Mojave.

Thanks in advance!

(megsswm) · (megsswm) **Join Date: Jul 2009** 10-05-2009, 3:32 PM

smaller lake, but more alpine and very beautiful...and has good water usually in the morning...Bass Lake, CA

(eargasm) · (eargasm) **Join Date: May 2007** 10-05-2009, 3:51 PM

Bullards Bar!

(wakebrdjay) · (wakebrdjay) **Join Date: Apr 2008** 10-05-2009, 4:45 PM

Torch Lake,MI beautiful very clear blue water.Maybe a little farther than you want to travel though.

(Message edited by wakebrdjay on October 05, 2009)

(wakeboardertj) · (wakeboardertj) **Join Date: May 2005** 10-05-2009, 5:09 PM

smaller lake, but ballin, dream to leave here some day, Combie Lake, in either Auburn, or Meadowvista, CA.

Too bad there is no where to live near bullards bar unless you want to live in North San Juan :-)

. I live in Auburn though and consider Bullards my home lake.

(greg2) · (greg2) **Join Date: May 2002** 10-05-2009, 5:39 PM

Maybe a little farther than you want, but Lake Roosevelt in WA.

(jaegermaster) · (jaegermaster) **Join Date: Sep 2002** 10-05-2009, 7:59 PM

Greg, at least you didn't tell him about the secret spot.

(malibupilot) · (malibupilot) **Join Date: Nov 2005** 10-07-2009, 9:27 AM

Thanks for the advice guys... now I gotta check out your suggestions.

Thanks!

(elc) · (elc) **Join Date: Jan 2008** 10-07-2009, 10:39 AM

Best spot on the colorado river is between needles and topock (240 miles from orange county). The only bad part is the water is fairly chilly even in the summer. We were here about a month this year. PM me if you are interested in more info.

(greg2) · (greg2) **Join Date: May 2002** 10-07-2009, 7:15 PM

Jaegermaster, I'll take that to the grave! It's hazardous there...at least 20 boats are lost in that area each year!

(malibu_guy) · (malibu_guy) **Join Date: Mar 2008** 10-08-2009, 3:22 PM

I second Bullards, but Shasta is my favorite